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The Janissary Tree
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The Janissary Tree
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| | | It is 1836. Europe is modernizing, and the Ottoman Empire must follow suit. But just before the sultan announces sweeping changes, a wave of murders threatens the fragile balance of power in his court. Who is behind them? Only one intelligence agent can be trusted to find out: Yashim Togalu, a man both brilliant and near-invisible in this world. You see, Yashim is a eunuch.
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Winner of the 2007 Edgar award, this clever historical mystery is set in the Ottoman Empire in 1836, and features a sleuthing eunuch named Yashim Togalu. Yashim is busy searching for a murderer when he finds clues indicating a return of the previously defeated Jassarians. He must get word of their rise out to the Sultan, before they attempt to topple the empire. Author Jason Goodwin has previously written nonfiction, (LORDS OF THE HORIZONS and ON FOOT TO THE GOLDEN HORN) and THE JANISSARY TREE is his first novel.
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